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BUDDHISM
Claims to be one of the most reasonable of the
world’s great religions.
Its teaching about belief and conduct is designed to
meet human need, and to solve man’s spiritual
problems without reliance on the supernatural .
It differs from other religions; it has no place for
God, nor for a Saviour; it puts salvation completely
within man’s control. It is sometimes called “Doit
yourself Religion”.
It has been in existence for more than 2500 years.
It has been a great civilizing force, and has inspired
art, literature, and other cultural activities.
TWO MAIN DIVISION OF
BUDDHISM:
1.Theravada ( or Hinayana) Buddhism
which is followed by people in
Southern Asia, particularly in
Burma, Thailand , and Sri Lanka.
2. Mahayana Buddhism
which is followed by people in China,
Japan, Tibet, and Mongolia.
A. THE FOUNDER OF
BUDDHISM
Siddharta Gautama – whose life and example has become
source profound inspiration to millions of his follower.
Buddha – the founder of Buddhism
He was born in the sixth century BC, and was brought up in
what is now Bihar in Eastern India.
Buddha’s family name is Gautama (or Gotama)
His personal name is Siddharta, though it is not often used.
His father was Suddhodhana, an aristocratic Hindu
chieftain
His mother was Mahamaya
He was a young prince brought up in princely luxury.
At the age of 16, he married a beautiful wife – Yasodhara,
having won her favour in archery contest.
Hermit – a person who lives in a simple way, by himself often in
isolated places, in order to be free to pray.
Rahula – his only son
At the age of 29, he left his family and home, resolving not to
return until he found the solution to the riddles of life.
He sought for knowledge from famous philosophers of his day,
and practiced extreme forms of asceticism
Asceticism – living a hard life without comfort or luxury, in order
to discipline one’s body or to pray.
Mara – the tempter, she attacked Gautama, and tried to frighten
him with storms, torrential rains, and blazing weapons, and to
seduce him by offering him the wealth of the world.
Gautama became known as Buddha, which means
‘Enlightened One’
The word for enlighten is “bodhi”
The tree under which he won enlightenment came to be known as
the Bodhitree or Botree.
Buddha was 35 years old when he attained enlightenment.
He passed away at the age of 80 at Kusinara on a fullmoon day.
B. THE TEACHINGS OF
BUDDHISM
Revered monks, the man who withdrawn from the world
should not approach either of the two extremes:
He should not approach the one which is concerned
with lust through sensuous pleasures, because it is
low, foolish, vulgar, ignoble, and profitless.
He should not approach the other which is connected
with asceticism because it is painful, ignoble, and
profitless.
Avoiding both these extremes revered monks, take the
middle road which brings insight and knowledge, and
leads to tranquility, to enlightenment, to peace.
MIDDLE ROAD THAT LEADS
TO PEACE
NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH:
1.Right speech
2.Right action
3.Right livelihood
4.Right effort
5.Right mindfulness
6.Right concentration
7.Right views
8.Right thought
Noble Truth as to Sorrow:
Earthly existence is sorrowful, decay is sorrowful, disease, death,
union with the unpleasing, separation from the pleasing is
sorrowful.
Noble Truth as to the origin of Sorrow:
Desire for sensepleasures
Desire for individual existence
Desire for selfannihilation
Noble Truth as to the cessation of Sorrow:
It must be abandoned, renounced, and escaped from.
Noble Truth as to the road which leads to the cessation
of Sorrow:
It is indeed the Noble Eightfold Path
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS:
1. The first Noble Truth is that suffering is a
universal fact.
The Buddha preached in the Pali language, and
the Pali word he used for suffering is “dukkha”.
This is a word that has deep philosophical meaning
and is very difficult to define. It includes the ordinary
meaning of suffering such as misery, distress, despair,
agony, suffering of body and mind. It also means
change, emptiness, imperfection, conflict.